Celeste - Reach for the Summit Extended

[@hozanto7521]

Oh man, oh man. This song will hold a special place in my heart for as long as I live. I spent the last two years of my life in a toxic work environment as an English teacher, staying in extra meetings where we did nothing important, working too many extra hours by doing nothing related to my profession and staying until very late printing tests and worksheets, all while I couldn't look after my ill fianceé in my corresponding free time. That game me several anxiety and panic attacks that I had to keep inside, since I needed that job badly, since I am the economic support of my home. One day, while browsing through the Switch eShop, I found Celeste and decided to give it a try after reading some reviews. The game was unlike anything I've ever played. I love platformers, so I enjoyed every aspect of it. The difficulty, the graphics, the plot, but mostly, the music was inspiring and it complemented the story perfectly. It made me realize that despite any difficulties we face, we can move on, and that all my efforts made me deserve a better work environment. So, weeks before the pandemic started, I used every inch of will power to find another school to work in, waking up two hours earlier to ride my bike and searching all over the internet for a better place, no matter if it paid less, I just wanted to leave that toxic place and have a better enronment. And interview after interview, I managed to land the position I am in now (I even had to fake a medical leave in order to be able to go into the job interviews and bribe a secretary so she could hide my formal outfit for an interview, haha!) Long story short, when I was called that I got a new job in the school I work right now, I talked to my boss to say "I quit, thank you very much." and once I was out, I probably had the best dopamine discharge in my life. I blasted "Reach for the Summit" and had a long long long victory lap on my bike. I don't have the best physical condition, but I rode around 15 kms that day! Right now, I am VERY happy in my current job, since I love teaching and I love every one of my students, and I will gladly teach a class using Celeste as some cool source of English example. Thanks Lena Raine for your amazing work, and thank you for extending this masterpiece (I am listening as I work, haha!) and thank you for reading such a long comment, you are a beautiful person :3

[@allieguillory7795]

You too

[@strykreclipse6845]

Cheers Hozanto. Godspeed, you glorious son of a gun

[@PinkSunrise_spl]

wish you were my english teacher

[@Lockirby2]

Wow, that's an insane coincidence. This story is more extreme than mine, and I'm not a teacher, but our situations are just too similar not to mention it. I may not be doing that victory lap on a bike right now, but I'm doing that victory lap in my heart.

[@yiangaruga4928]

And yet to this day we have people who think video games are bad for people and make them violent and terrible people even though they're all works of art that can really save a person's life when they're in a bad spot. Celeste is such a wonderful game

[@spelunker7926]

i played this on the last day of my online school year, and i had 14 missing assignments, did 11 of them and passed

[@nathanflinchum1153]

Daaaamn

[@polygonaltree1566]

The sheer power of this soundtrack compels

[@leecole7266]

lmao, i remember i did the same thing with marnie’s theme from sword and shield

[@Thatdartmonke-je4dz]

You claimed that homework mountain friend. Good job

[@staticsphere_]

Even if I'm 4 years late, I'm still proud of you! Going through a similar phase right now and getting myself together.

[@StratosfearGaming]

In my music class, we played Celeste to talk about the music, and the story at some parts. Honestly, that was my favorite class ever

[@bdbmilk]

Wtf that is cool as shit

[@CatOmori]

W music teacher

[@unoriginalname6354]

This is one of my favorite musical tracks in any video game. It is so invigorating and motivating. As somebody who’s not the best in hardcore platformers, I got my ass kicked a lot in the summit level of Celeste lol. But this music is incredibly empowering and uplifting, and encouraged me to keep going and see it through. It captures the spirit of the final level perfectly, and never sounds old nor repetitive. Lena did such a stellar job with the entire soundtrack really, but she capped things off STRONG by ending with this.

[@zaratrustamaster]

The connection between the end and the other beginning is quite nice, isn't it?

[@renistakingtwo6492]

Wat do you mean?

[@Hyperfoxeye]

@@renistakingtwo6492 when you first run across the collapsing bridge in tutorial level

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

@@Hyperfoxeye That's something _else_ nice

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

@@renistakingtwo6492 Pretty sure they meant where the whole OST track ends and starts over (10:50 for example). Whoever made this version paid enough attention to keep the beat consistent through the transition.

[@renistakingtwo6492]

@@Nat_the_Chicken oooo yea it is a really good transition

[@polygonaltree1566]

This is what it feels like to get in an assignment last minute

[@WatermelonDog512]

Yeah, i did the math exam at the last hour because i woke up late while listening to this song, i submited all equations right somehow

[@polygonaltree1566]

@@WatermelonDog512 good for you!

[@shovelknight9417]

@@WatermelonDog512 nice :D

[@tactical_slime4608]

Niko Spotted

[@polygonaltree1566]

😧

[@solomon9681]

Playing this right now, minutes before my first day at my new job. I reached the Summit yesterday, and now I'm going for 100% completion.

[@SanctuaryReintegrate]

The cold is penetrating you to your core. The howling wind is relentlessly fighting your every step. The glaring sun hitting the ice is blinding you. Every thin breath you draw feels like it could be the last. Every cell in your body is screaming at you to stop, but then you see it. The peak. A warm sense of triumph washes over you from within. You've come farther, climbed higher, fought harder then anyone else. You begin to forget your pain. Your legs are moving on their own, then they stop. There are no steps left to take. The only thing left above you is the sky. The biggest sky you've ever seen. The entire Earth is beneath you. You feel as if you're the only person alive, but you're not lonely. You're at peace. Up here nothing else matters. The only breaks in the silence are the gentle whispers of the wind in the rocks below. Your racing thoughts are washed away. Only calm remains. That is why I reach for the summit. That is why I climb.

[@MajorlyBlue]

i know its been months, but why did you switch from 2nd person to 1st in the last two sentences?

[@xXBlueSheepXx]

3:00 is the best version

[@sawyerpotts70]

Exactly what i need rn

[@Kassina]

Thank you for uploading this! I love the summit song so much and really enjoy having it on in the background while I'm working. :)

[@evann3109]

Thanks Lena Rain for this, it gives me sooo much motivation when I have to do my homework during my studies ❤️

[@allieguillory7795]

This game takes the cake for best story, music, and art style. I love this game to bits and pieces

[@beemaster6950]

one could even say it takes the pie HAHA IM FUNNY

[@conicthehedgehog9166]

@@beemaster6950 strawberry pie*

[@conicthehedgehog9166]

The cake is a lie

[@maximosavogin50]

The Anthem of getting asignments done quickly

[@ericwalker3534]

The people that disliked the video never made it to the summit.

[@AjiraCtelin1993]

I needed Assist Mode because I was running on zero sleep at the time. They could have turned on Assist Mode for themselves. What's their excuse?

[@ericwalker3534]

@@AjiraCtelin1993 did you make it to the summit?

[@AjiraCtelin1993]

@@ericwalker3534 yes.

[@allieguillory7795]

HECK I MADE IT TO THE MOON DUDE

[@personthatexists3784]

as a dark souls player would say to that person: lol git gud

[@mats5381]

You are filled with determination

[@DRSatchmoe]

*silently in the back of my brain:* WRONG GAME!

[@ArthaZylev]

i always in tears when i hear this song when i'm down and lost my spirits, this song told me " it'll be tough, but you can do it! "

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

I would have taken a full loop of each of the seven sections (which wasn't included in the OST version) and extend each one to last about eight and a half minutes. That's closer to what you'd hear if you actually played through Chapter 7 in an hour. I may still do that, or upload each version separately.

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

Never mind, I asked Lena and she said not to. Oh well.

[@profsusansatsumas]

@@Nat_the_Chicken this gave me the big sad

[@thom6413]

@@Nat_the_Chicken Serious kudos actually asking the composer though!!!

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

@@thom6413 Thanks. I don't think I have the right to decide how people should hear someone else's music when they look it up (although in this case it's probably more a matter of Content ID and revenue). That doesn't apply to personal projects though...

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

@@profsusansatsumas There's certainly no ban on doing it yourself. If you own the game for PC, it's not too hard to extract the music files (just look up FMOD .bank file extraction), and then you can play around with them to your heart's content in any old audio editor like Audacity. As long as you don't publish anything, you're fine!

[@businesgal3726]

I put this song on before I worked on a Science project assigned before Spring break. I had to write a LOT of stuff about 5 elements on the periodic table and the elements had to spell a word. I procrastinated until the last day of Spring break and did majority of the work in about an hour. I don't think I would've done that without this song playing. This is motivation in the form of a song and I LOVE it! Huge thanks to Lena Raine for making this masterpiece of a song. (btw if anyone's wondering the word my elements spelled was "Sonic" and I just finished the project as of writing this comment)

[@Symbiote._.]

this video has been up for nearly three years and only seven dislikes w o w

[@עוגיפלצת]

One more minute and im *reach the mountin* Or houer?!

[@liondad2000]

Probably the best song ever ;D

[@miragetheshadow]

Haha YT brought me this song (the offical one though) again right when I needed it. I don't have any kond of life-changing problem, bit I messed up an art thing important to me and after just laying there the song just- happened again. It always seems to do that, just, happen. And then it works :) so having an hour long version I'll play or repeat is so nice.

[@rowbo_7749]

This and first steps is the only reason I'm passing class if i could not listen to them I 100% think I would fail high-school lol

[@beeeeeeeeeeeeeee-h5x]

!!!!! yes

[@theronuts0808]

Magic✨

[@amirhafeji4840]

first 30 seconds slap the hardest dont @ me

[@allieguillory7795]

Nah 1000m is the best

[@yaboiabarri730]

@@allieguillory7795 Agreed

[@kindabirby3358]

Finallyyyyyyyyyyy

[@OlleLindestad]

8:00 is when shit gets real

[@masonmurphy5402]

3:00*

[@accurate9835]

me and the bois climbing a mountain to shout something so people will stop hating furries (i just noticed it’s kinda like anti-vax people, they are living of rumors and hating people for not believing in them)